WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER: Toronto comicCON Fan Appreciation

Toronto comicCON Fan Appreciation is different because it focuses mostly on comic books. There was a good range of dealers selling $1 books, $3 books, new hot books, tradepaperbacks, t-shirts, and gold and silver age books. If you were a comic book fan you could find something that would be to your liking.

Things I’ve learned at Fan Expo’s Fan Appreciation Co...

I had a pretty eventful time at Hobby Star’s FanApp even if I was hanging out at the ComicBookDaily booth (thanks to everyone who dropped by and said Hello!) and basically just bumming around. I got to talk with Geof Darrow for a while (more on that later) met Bob McLeod and got to talk...

The Big Comic Comfy Couch – Episode 8: Wizard World Toronto...

Day three of the Wizard World Comic Con came and went, but it wasn’t nearly as bustling as it had been on Saturday. Being that it was much easier to get around the convention floor today, there was less of a hassle in trying to get into vendors’ booths or tables to see what they...

Manapul offers advice to aspiring creators

Francis Manapul offered tips to up and coming comic book creators during a Q&A session at Wizard World Toronto Comic Con on Saturday. “I would put together a sequential portfolio and just go to as many conventions as possible,” Manapul said. He said conventions are a great way...

Rumour Du Jour: Fan Expo Canada 2011 To Be 4 Days?

We overheard at Toronto ComiCON a rumour that Hobbystar CEO Aman Gupta is planning to have hold 2011′s Toronto’s Fan Expo over the course of four days. The Thursday hours will be the same as the former Friday’s. For dealers and exhibitors if you re-booked in August, the...

The Big Comic Comfy Couch: Episode 1

I’ve toyed with this idea for some time, and hopefully I’ll be able to make this a regular thing. So, for my first foray into CBD’s blogosphere, I’ll be looking at the this past weekend’s Toronto Comic Con. Like the other smaller conventions organized by...